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ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

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  The Election commission is a constitutional body that is entrusted with the responsibility

of conducting free and fair elections in the country.

  On October 16, 1989 for the fir st time the President appointed 2 election commissioners.

NOTE:

  The two election commissioners were appointedto cope with increased work of the election

commission on the account of lowering the voting

age from 21 to 18.

  This was done through 61st  amendment act of 

1988 and came into force in 1989.

In October 1993 the President (Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma) appointed two more election

commissioners.

Since then the election commission is a multi member body.

  Present CEC (June 11, 2012-till date) - V S Sampath

  H S Brahma and Syed Nasim Ahmed Zaidi are the election Commissioners.

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THE ELECTION COMMISSION

CONDUCTS THE ELECTION FOR 

  The President

  The Vice President

  The Lok Sabha

  The Rajya Sabha

  The State Legislative Assemblies

  The State Legislative Councils

Article 324: It provides the power of superintendence, direction and control of elections to theParliament, state legislatures, the office of the President of India and the Vice president of 

India.

Note:  Panchayats and Municipalities elections are

conducted by the respective State Election

Commissions.

COMPOSITION OF ELECTION

COMMISSION:

  There is a Chief Election Commissioner.

  There are some other members called election commissioners.

  Note:  The President decides the strength from time to time.

APPOINTMENT:

  The Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners are appointed by the

President of India.

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Qualifications:

  The qualifications of the members of the election commission are not  prescribed in the

constitution.

TERM OR TENURE:

  The term and other conditions are decided by the President after a law is passed by the

Parliament to that effect.

CHAIRMAN OF ELECTION COMMISSION:

  The Chief Election Commissioner acts as the Chairman of the Commission when any other 

election commissioner is appointed.

SALARY:

  The salary is decided by the Parliament.

RESIGNATION:

  The Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners submit the resignation

letter to the President.

REMOVAL OF CHIEF ELECTION

COMMISSIONER:

  The Chief Election Commissioner is removed in the same manner like that of a judge of 

Supreme Court.

REMOVAL OF OTHER ELECTION

COMMISSIONERS:

  Other Election Commissioners are removed by the President only on the recommendation

of the Chief Election Commissioner.

  But, the advice of the Chief Election Commissioner is not binding on the President.

FUNCTIONS OF ELECTION COMMISSION:

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  The election commission prepares and revises the electoral rolls (voters List).

  The election Commission will notify the dates and schedules the elections.

  The election commission scrutinizes the nomination papers.

  The election commission recognizes the political parties.

  The election commission allots  the election symbols to the political parties and also to the

independent candidates.

  The election commission determines the code of conduct  to be observed by the parties and

the candidates at the time of elections.

  The election commission advices the President in the matter relating to the disqualification

of the members of Parliament. (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha).

  The election commission advices the Governor of a state in the matter relating to the

disqualification of the members of state Legislature.

  The Election Commission recognizes the political parties as National party or Regional

(state) party.

MISCELLANEOUS:

  Note: The Chief Electoral Officer is appointed by the Chief Election Commissioner in

consultation with the state government.

  At the district level the district Collector acts as the returning officer.

The first general election held in 1951 - 52 cost the exchequer Rs. 10.45 crore.

The election expenditure for the elections that was held in 2009 was Rs. 1400 crore.

The estimated expenditure for the 15th Lok Sabha elections to be conducted in 2014

is Rs. 3500/- crore. This does not include the expenses incurred for security and the

amounts the political parties spend.

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  For every constituency there is a returning officer appointed by the district collector.

  The Collector also appoints presiding officer for every polling booth.

  In January 2012 the Election Commission ordered draping of Mayawati Statues  and her 

 party symbol elephant in Uttar Pradesh.

  In the year 2004 prior to Lok Sabha elections the Election Commission ordered to drape

photographs of the then Prime Minister  and BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee installed on

highways and at Golden Quadrilateral road projects.

  In the year 2011 the Election Commission on a complaint received to freeze the elephant

symbol of BSP (Bahujan Samajwadi Party) said that this question could be considered only if 

the model code of conduct was violated.

  Note: Subramanian Swamy and Congress: On November 6, 2012 the Election Commission

rejected Swamy’s petition for de-recognition of the INC on the plea that it violated rules for 

registration by loaning Rs 90 crore to a private company (Associated journals Private

Limited) . The EC headed by V S Sampath dismissed the plea holding that it did not fall under 

any of the grounds specified under 16 A of the Election Commission symbols (Resevation and

Allottment) order, 1968. The EC said the RPA act provided for the manner in which registered

 political parties may raise the funds and there is not provision whatsoever in that act

 prescribing the manner in which the political parties may use those funds. The EC said if the

 party has not complied with any of the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961 the matter 

does not fall within the jurisdiction of the EC. Swamy decided to move the court on the same

  Every October the EC begins its annual exercise of revising the electoral rolls with the

following January 1st  as the effective date. This is of 2 types summary revision and electoral

revision. In the summary revision responsibility is cast on the potential voter to get himself 

registered by going to the designated center. In electoral revision door to door verification is

undertaken by the officers

  The EPIC (Electoral Photo Identity Card) is valid even the elector shifts to a different

assembly constituency. The reason is the card is primarily to identify the voter and can be

used in any polling station in India to which the elector has moved. (infact it shows the

 previous address and is still valid – N Gopalaswami former CEC – article in The Hindu on

December 14, 2012).

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  If the system is integrated with UID then the number can remain same even if s/he moves

from one place to the other.

  The law is very clear even today for voting physical presence is mandatory.

  If e-KYC can affect cash transfer why not vote transfer. If this is adopted this is a boon not

 just to migrants and also to armed forces personnel, para military forces and police. For this

Aadhar number has to be incorporated in the electoral roll.

  The Hindu on December 21, 2012:  the NEW (National Election Watch) and ADR 

(Association for Democratic Reforms) looked into the background of the our lawmakers with

respect to rape cases and other crimes against women based on their self –sworn affidavits. In

2009 LS election political parties gave tickets to 6 persons who declared they had been

charged with rape. (Each from RPP, Revolutionary Communist Party, BSP, JMM and 2

independent members). During the same polls 34 other contestants declared that they had

charges of crimes against women. During the discussions in the Parliament in December 2012

two MPs one from AIADMK and other from TMC declared that they face charges such as

cruelty and intent to outrage a woman’s modesty. With respect to MLAs (3 from SP (UP), 1

from BSP (UP), one from BJP (Gujarat) and one from TDP (AP) are charged of rape against

them. 27 members with the similar charges were given the tickets from various parties 10

from UP and 5 from Bihar. Apart from this 39 MLAs declared that they have charges of 

crimes against women such as assault, insulting the modesty of women.

  In 2011 the EC disqualified Umlesh Yadav then sitting MLA from Bisauli in UP for a period

of 3 years for failing to provide a true and correct account of her election expenses. She had

skipped any mention of her spending on advertisements dressed up news during her 2007 poll

campaign. She was the first legislator ever to bite the dust on grounds of expenditure (and

 paid news). Dr Mishra the Cabinet Minister in MP now (2013) faces charges of the kind.

  The Press Council of India definition for ‘Paid News’ is – any news or analysis appearing in

any media (print or electronic) for a price in cash or kind as consideration. According to thecommittee constituted by the PCI during the 2012 elections in Gujarat the paid news was

rampant.

  The CEC on January 11, 2013 sought immediate implementation of proposed electoral

reforms relating to the criminalization of politics, particularly banning candidates with

criminal background from contesting polls. The proposal sent by the EC on July 15, 1998 is

still pending with the government.

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f If a candidate who is declared disqualified by the Election Commission under Section 10 of 

the Representation of People’s Act (RPA) "incurs disqualification for contesting further 

elections to any House of Parliament or state legislature for a period of three years, "and also

for continuing as member of any such House if he is already a sitting member from the date of 

the order of the Election Commission and not from the date on which he contested the

election or was elected at such election."

 

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Manasa purastu  • 

Sir can u pls tell me why draping over the statues is done.

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kalyan  • 

Those statues which may be election symbol of a party and people may get influenced by looking at them

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